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Between 1985 and 1987, Frank Zappa released a pair of mail-order vinyl box sets called Old Masters that contained remastered and restored versions of all of his albums between Freak Out! and Zoot Allures. Each box contained an album of previously unreleased material called a "mystery disc." Although he eventually reworked and remixed a handful of these cuts for subsequent releases, the majority of these recordings were never again released in any form. As part of their exhaustive reissue of the entire Zappa catalog, Rykodisc tackled the mystery discs, releasing 35 of the 37 tracks (the remaining two, "Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?" and "Big Leg Emma," are included as bonus cuts on the Absolutely Free CD) as the single-disc collection Mystery Disc in the fall of 1998. Only two of these cuts were released in identical forms on another album -- eight other songs were available in different edits or mixes, while the other 25 tracks were never released on disc. For diehard fans -- and there really aren't any other kind -- the Mystery Disc material is essential listening, since it chronicles the original Mothers of Invention in a variety of live performances, outtakes, alternate takes, rehearsals and radio shows, all recorded between 1962 and 1969, with the exception of one cut from 1972. It's material that will only be of interest to serious listeners, but there are enough revelations to make the Mystery Disc worth careful listening. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally released as two MYSTERY DISC LPs, first issued as bonus records to those who purchased Barking Pumpkins' OLD MASTERS vinyl boxed set in the mid-'80s. MYSTERY DISC includes early jams from Zappa's "Studio Z" days in Cucamonga, live performances by early Zappa bands, musical and spoken-word segments by a young Captain Beefheart, rehearsal sessions by the original Mothers Of Invention lineup and part of the score from the low-budget western Run Home Slow.
Personnel includes: Frank Zappa, Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).
Includes liner notes by Frank Zappa and G. Willikens.
Prev.LP Only;Was Bonus LP In "Old Masters" Box Set;1962-69
Frank Zappa Mystery Disc Songs | 1. | Theme From Run Home Slow |
| 2. | Original Duke of Prunes |
| 3. | Opening Night Party at Studio Z - (collage) |
| 4. | Village Inn, The |
| 5. | Steal Away |
| 6. | I Was a Teen-Age Malt Shop |
| 7. | Birth of Captain Beefheart, The |
| 8. | Metal Man Has Won His Wings |
| 9. | Power Trio Segment From the Saints 'N Sinners |
| 10. | Bossa Nova Pervertamento |
| 11. | Excerpt From the Uncle Frankie Show |
| 12. | Charva |
| 13. | Speed-Freak Boogie |
| 14. | Original Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona) |
| 15. | Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood |
| 16. | Original Mothers Rehearsal |
| 17. | How Could I Be Such a Fool? |
| 18. | Band Introductions at the Fillmore West |
| 19. | Plastic People |
| 20. | Original Mothers at the Fillmore East |
| 21. | Harry, You're a Beast |
| 22. | Don Interrupts |
| 23. | Piece One |
| 24. | Jim / Roy |
| 25. | Piece Two |
| 26. | Agency Man |
| 27. | Agency Man - (studio version) |
| 28. | Lecture - (from "Festival Hall Show") |
| 29. | Wedding Dress Song / The Handsome Cabin Boy |
| 30. | Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit |
| 31. | Story of Willie the Pimp, The |
| 32. | Black Beauty |
| 33. | Chucha |
| 34. | Mothers at Kpfk |
| 35. | Harmonica Fun |
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